Saturday, November 20, 2010

Black Siskin - Carduelis Atrata

Description
Size: 4.75-5 inches
Male: very obvious black and yellow; pale or abraded tips to secondaries and tertials in worn plumage.
Female: as male but sooty - or blackish-brown; some birds show yellowish thip to median coverts.
Call: is a decending 'p'seew', a melancholy 'hear-r', a rolling 'hew-lili', and a low chatter.
Song: apparantly similar to that of Yellow-rumped siskin.

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